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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Speech Analysis

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In this reflection, I will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of my speech on Elizabeth Cady Stanton. By recognizing the areas I need to improve on, I can take that knowledge and apply it to future speeches. The same concept applies to the strong points of my performance, I can use the things I did well on in future speech deliveries. I will not only explain what I could do better on, but ways I can effectively improve my delivery. The strength that I feel was most prevalent was my use of vocal variety. When I would mention something more serious I would use a more stern voice, for example, when I discussed how her father wished she was a boy. The language I used was effective in the sense that the information I was talking about reached

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